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I have two cats - C & M - both girls, though with a big age difference. They don't get along as well as I'd like.
C is 12 years old and quite a grumpy baby who has been suffering from limping while walking since last year (beginning states of arthritis, we think. The doctor has asked us to help her lose weight). As it is, she is not a fan of other cats - whenever she sees our neighbour's cat by the door, she freaks out and starts wailing or redirects her aggression onto M, which leads to a fight (thankfully, this only happened once). Her demenour is usually relaxed, unless someone (M) bothers her, then she starts hissing and slapping, though no hair flying or bleeding, etc. She a paranoid, scaredy cat to her own detriment unfortunately.
M is 2 years old and a bundle of energy. She has calmed down a lot since we adopted her at 1 years old, but she still loves to run around and wants to play with C all the time. Of course, C is not interested in this at all. She will ignore M for the most part. Sometimes, she will even tolerate letting M rub herself against her, but more than once, and she gets annoyed and slaps M away. Constantly being rebuffed has led to M chasing C, surprising her and slapping her from her favourite scratching box and sometimes even bothering C when she is using the litter box. I have to add, M can be a bit territorial and corners C on the staircase often - I hear C hissing at M every time they see each other on the staircase.
I can see that M gets bored and wants to play. We try to play with her throughout the day, but she seeks out C almost daily. We wonder if she is looking for a cat play pal and if getting a third cat - a kitten with lots of energy to play with her - would help?
We want M to have a playmate, but we also want C to be left alone in peace. She is getting older and needs a lot of relaxing time.
C is 12 years old and quite a grumpy baby who has been suffering from limping while walking since last year (beginning states of arthritis, we think. The doctor has asked us to help her lose weight). As it is, she is not a fan of other cats - whenever she sees our neighbour's cat by the door, she freaks out and starts wailing or redirects her aggression onto M, which leads to a fight (thankfully, this only happened once). Her demenour is usually relaxed, unless someone (M) bothers her, then she starts hissing and slapping, though no hair flying or bleeding, etc. She a paranoid, scaredy cat to her own detriment unfortunately.
M is 2 years old and a bundle of energy. She has calmed down a lot since we adopted her at 1 years old, but she still loves to run around and wants to play with C all the time. Of course, C is not interested in this at all. She will ignore M for the most part. Sometimes, she will even tolerate letting M rub herself against her, but more than once, and she gets annoyed and slaps M away. Constantly being rebuffed has led to M chasing C, surprising her and slapping her from her favourite scratching box and sometimes even bothering C when she is using the litter box. I have to add, M can be a bit territorial and corners C on the staircase often - I hear C hissing at M every time they see each other on the staircase.
I can see that M gets bored and wants to play. We try to play with her throughout the day, but she seeks out C almost daily. We wonder if she is looking for a cat play pal and if getting a third cat - a kitten with lots of energy to play with her - would help?
We want M to have a playmate, but we also want C to be left alone in peace. She is getting older and needs a lot of relaxing time.